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McAlpine, Lynn; Weston, Cynthia – Instructional Science, 2000
Describes research on the reflection of six professors regarding their thinking about teaching. Topics include the model of the metacognitive process of reflection; the role of reflection in knowledge construction; the role of reflection in teaching development, including conceptual change; and the relationship between reflective teaching and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Learning Processes
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Kember, David; Kwan, Kam-Por – Instructional Science, 2000
Describes a study that was conducted to characterize the approaches to teaching of university lecturers and to examine the relationship between lecturers' approaches to teaching and their conceptions of good teaching. Highlights include a model relating beliefs, teaching and learning; motivational distinctions; accommodation for student…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes
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Larsson, Staffan – Instructional Science, 1983
Presents findings from an inquiry into teachers' conceptions of teaching, including their descriptions of their conceptions, meaning of teaching, and reasoning about acting according to their views. Three qualitatively different kinds of relations between students and teachers which may affect a teacher's style are described and interpreted (15…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control